Alpine Institute
National Register of Historic Places

Alpine Institute

Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
Listed
November 15, 2002
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
02001339

About this property

The Alpine Institute was a Presbyterian mission school located in Overton County, Tennessee, United States. Operating in one form or another from 1821 until 1947, the school provided badly needed educational services to children living in the remote hill country of the Upper Cumberland region. In 2002, several of the school's surviving structures were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. John Dillard (1793–1884), a minister affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Southern Appalachia, established the Alpine School atop Alpine Mountain in 1821 and expanded the school in the 1840s. The school was burned by bushwhackers during the Civil War and again by the Ku Klux Klan in the years after the war. The school was re-established in 1880 at its current location at the base of Alpine Mountain, and under the leadership of future Tennessee governor A. H. Roberts continued to thrive into the following decade. In 1917, the better-funded Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) assumed control of the school and helped it develop into one of the state's most competitive rural schools.

Location

Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee
36.39310, -85.21831

Categories

ARCHITECTUREEDUCATION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Alpine Institute listed on the National Register?

Alpine Institute was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Alpine Institute?

Alpine Institute is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Alpine Institute?

The period of significance for Alpine Institute is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1821.

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